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Ethnobotanical Plant Zingiber officinale

Common Name
Chiang, Gingembre, Sheng Chiang, Ginger, Gan Jiang, T'Ang Chiang, Gengibre, Lahja, Jae, Haliya padi, Haliya bara, Sonth, Chiang P'I, Kunyit terus, Chiang Chiu, Kan Chiang, Haliya, Shoga, Zencefil, Djae, Atuja, Haliya hudang, Haiti, Jahi, Sunthi, Gengibre Dulce

Activities

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Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
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Abortive Malaya Duke, 1992 *
Ache(Back) Malaya Duke, 1992 *
Ache(Head) Malaya Duke, 1992 *
Ache(Stomach) Ethiopia Duke, 1992 *
Ache(Stomach) China Leung, Albert Y. 1980. Encyclopedia of common natural ingredients. John Wiley and Sons, N.Y.
Ache(Stomach) Trinidad Wong, W. 1976. Some folk medicinal plants from Trinidad. Economic Botany 30(2): 103-142.
Ache(Stomach) Malaya Duke, 1992 *
Ache(Stomach) Trinidad Duke, 1992 *
Ache(Tooth) Newguinea Duke, 1992 *
Ache(Tooth) China Leung, Albert Y. 1980. Encyclopedia of common natural ingredients. John Wiley and Sons, N.Y.
Ache(Tooth) Dominican Republic Duke, 1992 *
Ague Malaya Duke, 1992 *
Alopecia China Leung, Albert Y. 1980. Encyclopedia of common natural ingredients. John Wiley and Sons, N.Y.
Amenorrhea India(Santal) Duke, 1992 *
Anodyne China Li, C.P. 1974. Chinese Herbal Medicine. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-732.
Anodyne Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Anodyne India(Santal) Duke, 1992 *
Antidote(Brassica) China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Antidote(Mushroom) China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Antidote(Scorpion) India(Santal) Duke, 1992 *